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CDR Cathleen Davies, MS Pamela Klein, PhD Ijeamaka Okoye, MPH HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB)

Outcomes of the HRSA, CDC, and CMS HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group for State Medicaid/CHIP Agencies and Health Departments December 13, 2018. CDR Cathleen Davies, MS Pamela Klein, PhD Ijeamaka Okoye, MPH HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

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  1. Outcomes of the HRSA, CDC, and CMS HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group for State Medicaid/CHIP Agencies and Health DepartmentsDecember 13, 2018 CDR Cathleen Davies, MS Pamela Klein, PhD Ijeamaka Okoye, MPH HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

  2. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Overview • Supports more than 90 programs that provide health care to people who are geographically isolated, economically or medically vulnerable through grants and cooperative agreements to more than 3,000 awardees, including community and faith-based organizations, colleges and universities, hospitals, state, local, and tribal governments, and private entities • Every year, HRSA programs serve tens of millions of people, including people living with HIV/AIDS, pregnant women, mothers and their families, and those otherwise unable to access quality health care

  3. HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Vision Optimal HIV/AIDS care and treatment for all. Mission Provide leadership and resources to assure access to and retention in high quality, integrated care, and treatment services for vulnerable people living with HIV/AIDS and their families.

  4. HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) • Provides comprehensive system of HIV primary medical care, medications, and essential support services for low-income people living with HIV • More than half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the United States – more than 550,000 people – receive care through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program • Funds grants to states, cities/counties, and local community based organizations • Recipients determine service delivery and funding priorities based on local needs and planning process • Payorof last resort statutory provision: RWHAP funds may not be used for services if another state or federal payer is available • 84.9% of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program clients were virally suppressed in 2016, exceeding national average of 59.8% Source: HRSA. Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Annual Client-Level Data Report 2016; CDC. HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report 2016;21(No. 4)

  5. Why create the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group? • Medicaid is the single largest source of health care coverage for people living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States, covering more than 40% of those in care • The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 Federal Action Plan called for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to form an HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020 Federal Action Plan available at: https://files.hiv.gov/s3fs-public/nhas-2020-action-plan.pdf

  6. Introduction to the Affinity Group Concept • Voluntary, state-to-state learning and enhanced technical assistance model, organized under the Medicaid Prevention Learning Network • 6 launched since 2015 • Hepatitis C, in partnership with CDC, HRSA, and HHS –Launched December 2017 • School Based Health (SBH) – Launched Fall 2017 • HIV Health Improvement, in partnership with CDC, HRSA and HHS – Launched Fall 2016 • Antipsychotic Drug Use in Children (ADC) – Launched Spring 2016 • Diabetes Prevention and Management – Spring 2016-Summer 2017 • Tobacco Cessation – Summer 2015-Summer 2016 • State teams include Medicaid staff and other partners as appropriate • Examples: public health, behavioral health, education, and social services agencies

  7. Goals of the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group • Primary Goal: Support state collaborations between public health and Medicaid programs to improve rates of sustained virologic suppression among Medicaid and CHIP enrollees who are living with HIV. • Secondary Goals: • Durable, sustainable relationships • Better, more efficient use of available resources • Continuous quality improvement

  8. Partners and Partnership Structure of the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group

  9. HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group (HHIAG)States Alaska, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin These states accounted for 50% of new HIV diagnoses in 2014, and 55% of living PLWH at the end of 2013 in the United States (50 states + DC).

  10. HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group Activities • Over the one-year project period, each state developed and implemented a strategy to increase viral suppression for PLWH, and received technical assistance on this strategy from federal partners and NASHP. • State action plans emphasized: • Exchanging and using public health and Medicaid data to monitor care quality and improve health outcomes among enrollees living with HIV; • Better coordinating delivery of services to improve their effectiveness and efficiency; and • Building partnerships between public health and Medicaid agencies.

  11. HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group State Action Plans • Each state focused on a project to improve viral suppression among PLWH in Medicaid and RWHAP • To be successful, the performance improvement projects all needed to establish relationships at the structural level • State public health agencies • Medicaid agencies • Other state agencies • Relationships led to bi-directional exchange/use of data to measure • Health outcomes • Outreach • Engagement • Accountability • Clinical Quality Improvement

  12. HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group Activities • States were grouped into learning communities by interest areas • Data linkage and outcomes • Data analysis and utilization for delivery system improvement • Provider engagement and quality improvement • HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group Activities • In-person meetings • Webinars • Learning community teleconferences • Monthly digests • Individual technical assistance • Website • HIV.gov blog posts

  13. HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group Learning Communities – Data Focus • Data Linkage and Outcome Learning Community • Institute/expand current data-sharing activities • Identify performance improvement targets with data analysis • Analyze laws, regulations, policies, and procedures for barriers • Data Analysis and Utilization for Delivery System Improvement Learning Community • Use Medicaid authority to expand access to evidence-based HIV services • Integrate Medicaid and RWHAP services • Accelerate value-based purchasing • Encourage on interdisciplinary care teams

  14. HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group Learning Community – Provider Focus • Provider Engagement and Quality Improvement Learning Community • Engage providers to improve clinical outcomes and quality of care • Share data between state public health agencies and Medicaid agencies • Identify people who should be in care but are not – then get them into care and on treatment

  15. Plan Snapshots—What States Accomplished • Alaska • Established data sharing agreement between HIV Program & Medicaid • HIV Program gained access to Medicaid claims data • California • Matched Medi-Cal data with public health HIV surveillance data to determine the number of Medi-Cal beneficiaries living with HIV, and examined HIV viral load suppression in this population.

  16. Plan Snapshots—What States Accomplished • Massachusetts • Formalized communication process between DPH and MassHealth resulting in more frequent communication and ability to triage and address potential issues early • Included MassHealth staff in DPH reprocurement process to encourage information sharing and alignment between MassHealth restructuring and DPH contracting • North Carolina • Completed a Data Use Agreement between: NC Division of Public Health, NC Division of Medicaid, and NC Medicaid Managed Care Agency • Developed HIV Continuum of Care for matched NC Medicaid Clients, Calendar Year 2016 • Results are comparable to recipients receiving Ryan White Part-B services

  17. Evaluation of the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group • The objectives of this evaluation were to: • Assess the processes and short-term outcomes associated with the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group, including whether the affinity group model facilitated new or enhanced processes or structures that helped participants achieve the objectives outlined in their state action plans; and • Document lessons learned, including successes, challenges, and promising practices. • Data were collected from participating states and federal partners at CDC, CMS, and HRSA • States: web assessment (n=29) and phone interviews (n=10) • Federal partners: phone interviews (n=10)

  18. State Agency Collaboration  • Approximately half of respondents reported forming new collaborations as a result of the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group (50.0% of state Medicaid/CHIP agency respondents and 44.4% of state public health department respondents). • “Prior to this project, Medicaid and the Ryan White Part B Program had no interactions. We now email and communicate freely and discuss project updates. I have been able to reach out to my Medicaid partner to discuss topics beyond this project and have received assistance and guidance from my Medicaid partner.” • State Public Health Department respondent

  19. State Agency Collaboration Over Time The average rating for State Medicaid/CHIPand State Public Health Department relationship with collaborative partners over time. Medicaid/CHIP Public Health Department Coalition Levels of Collaboration 1. No Interaction 2. Networking: Aware of organization; loosely defined roles; little communication; all decisions are made independently 3. Cooperation: Provide data to each other; somewhat defined roles; formal communication; all decisions are made independently 4. Coordination: Share data, defined roles; frequent communication; some shared decision making 5. Coalition: Share ideas; frequent and prioritized communication; shared decision making No interaction

  20. Knowledge Gained • Knowledge and informationacquisition, by respondent affiliation

  21. Knowledge Gained • Respondents reported gaining new knowledge and access to information in the following areas: • Organizational culture, priorities, and policies of the partner agency; • Federal government involvement with HIV prevention programs and funding; • Strengths and limitations of the available data; • Understanding how to interpret the data including differences between HIV medication carve outs and data codes (e.g., ICD 10 codes, NDC drug codes); value sets to help develop and validate data specifications; and • Strategies different states used regarding provider engagement and quality improvement initiatives.

  22. OutcomesData Sharing Agreements & Data Matching  • Of the 19 states participating in the HIV affinity group, 13 (68%) established or refined their cross-agency data sharing agreements. • For states that had or established a data sharing agreement, 92% successfully matched the data or streamlined the data matching process. • “Neither of our departments Medicaid or public health had really technical experience with knowing what the diagnosis ICD 9/ 10 codes would be for someone with an HIV diagnosis or what procedures to look for to indicate viral load going up down whatever it might be [. . .] eventually we were able to have one of the people in public health to go through and decide what would be most appropriate to include in our coding net but that was a time consuming piece. Our concern is that we want to be sure that we're all talking about the same thing when we are using different definitions.” • Medicaid/CHIP respondent

  23. OutcomesGenerating Viral Suppression Rates • Over half of the states (67%) with data matching capabilities generated an HIV care continuum for state Medicaid/CHIP enrollees and identified targets for performance improvement. • Example 1: Identified Medicaid enrollees living with HIV and estimated their viral suppression. They then examined viral suppression by managed care plans (standard vs. expended) to report viral suppression rates by HIV infected Medicaid/CHIP beneficiaries and generate reports on an annual basis. • Example 2: Accelerated the process of generating viral suppression data by streamlining their data matching process. As a result, they were able to provide data to MCOs on a quarterly basis.

  24. OutcomesQuality Improvement Initiatives and Policy Changes • Six out of eight states (63%) that analyzed data, were able to initiate quality improvement initiatives, such as: Developing customized fact sheets for each MCO and presented data to show disparities in viral suppression by race, sex and geography Informing medical providers about the importance of measuring the HIV care continuum, barriers for PLWH linking to care and staying engaged in care, and other support programs available for PLWH Forming a “mini” HIV affinity group for statewide Medicaid managed care plans to identify and share best practices to increase viral suppression through targeted outreach, care coordination and clinical services

  25. OutcomesSustainability of Accomplishments  • Nearly all respondents reported that they were “somewhat likely” or “very likely” to sustain their accomplishments as a result of participating in the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group. Likelihood of Sustainingthe HIV Affinity Group Accomplishments, by respondent affiliation • “This type of work is going to continue, it’s iterative and we are going to keep at it" • State Public Health Department respondent

  26. Lessons LearnedFederal & NASHP Support • NASHP and federal partners provided technical support, but states led the way towards identifying and implementing policy and program changes. • Respondents revealed that although there was no mandate for states to reach their objectives, having deadlines and regular monitoring of the progress created a structure that kept them on track with their goals.  • “Really would like to express appreciation for it because there are so many different topics that we're dealing with day to day it's really it's difficult to have a focus quality improvement work unless someone is helping bringing It forward …and it's not something that we're having to do in isolation and so if the opportunity comes up again I think our agency would appreciate it around opioids or around any other kind of pressing issues that's affecting all of the states that we can work together to improve quality on. • - State Public Health Department respondent

  27. Lessons LearnedAgency Buy-in  • The pace at which states implemented their action plan was often limited by budget and staffing constraints. Participation added workload to the already taxed workforce, without any additional funding. • However, support of the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group by CDC, CMS, HRSA, OHAIDP, and NASHP gave credibility to the HIV Affinity Group and allowed participants to justify time and resource investment. • ‘[My staff] did not see the benefit of doing it. But as we went through the process and reviewed the data, they came around and said: yeah this is important [. . . .] We are finding out some information we didn’t know before” • State Public Health Department respondent

  28. Lessons LearnedCross-Agency Differences • Respondents emphasized the need to acknowledge partner organizational differences (e.g., culture, policies and priorities) and set appropriate expectations from the beginning.  • “Agencies operate differently and so it was kind of a translation type exercise to work together with HIV to be able to communicate to the Medicaid Health Plans in a way that they will digest information and seek to do something action oriented around it. I think it was a productive partnership and we are really trying to work together to whittle down the presentations to a way that the plans would understand, see what they ask was, and understand what the state was asking of them.” • Medicaid/CHIP respondent

  29. Lessons LearnedSuggestions for Improvement • Respondents expressed desire for the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group to continue beyond one year. • Suggestions for improvement: • More in-depth discussions around common challenges with which states were struggling; • Expanding membership to others in their agencies; and • Invite more ground level workers.

  30. What is Next? • Quarterly newsletters to highlight additional collaborative opportunities, provide updates, and share upcoming and recent conference information. • Dissemination of highlights as examples of how cross-sector collaborations can help improve HIV surveillance, care and prevention and lessons learned. • Interest from other states in applying strategies and lessons learned from the HIV Health Improvement Affinity Group. • New Affinity Groups/Learning Collaboratives • Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group: Supporting State-Generated Solutions to Eliminating HCV • ECHO Medicaid Learning Collaborative

  31. Additional Resources • NASHP Toolkit: State Strategies to Improve Health Outcomes for People Living with HIV • https://nashp.org/toolkit-state-strategies-to-improve-health-outcomes-for-people-living-with-hiv/ • NASHP State Health Policy Blog • https://nashp.org/category/blog-post/ • Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group • https://www.hhs.gov/hepatitis/action-plan/federal-response/hepatitis-c-medicaid-affinity-group/index.html • ECHO Medicaid Learning Collaborative • https://www.chcs.org/project/supporting-replication-of-project-echo/

  32. Acknowledgements Thank you to all states who participated in the HIV Affinity Group!

  33. Contact Information CDR Cathleen Davies Project Officer, Division of State HIV/AIDS Programs HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Email: cdavies@hrsa.gov Phone: 301-945-3127 Web: hab.hrsa.gov Pamela Klein, PhD Health Scientist, Division of Policy and Data HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Email: pklein@hrsa.gov Phone: 301-443-5545 Web: hab.hrsa.gov Ijeamaka Okoye, MPH Public Health Analyst, Division of Community HIV/AIDS Programs HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Email: iokoye@hrsa.gov Phone: 301-945-9638 Web: hab.hrsa.gov

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  35. Utilizing Medicaid Claims Data to Improve HIV Outcomes • DeAnn Gruber, PhD, LCSW • Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health • Bureau of Infectious Diseases, STD/HIV Program

  36. HIV Continuum of CareLouisiana, 2017

  37. HIV Continuum of CareLouisiana, 2017

  38. Both Office of Public Health and Bureau of Health Services Financing (Medicaid) under Louisiana Department of Health 5 Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) Medicaid program – new Governor and new name in 2016 Expanded Medicaid on July 1, 2016 Louisiana Medicaid

  39. Historically, a few OPH Programs had individually negotiated data sharing agreements with Medicaid, but many programs had no access to Medicaid data Change in leadership at Medicaid and OPH in 2012-2013 facilitated process to establish an agency-wide data sharing agreement Staff had moved from Medicaid to OPH and had established relationships Process took only 6 months OPH/Medicaid Data Sharing Agreement

  40. Signed data sharing agreement in Feb 2014 All users complete an annual “Data Sharing User Agreement” OPH/Medicaid Data Sharing Agreement

  41. HIV Viral Suppression Measure • From 2015 – 2017, Louisiana Medicaid had an incentivized viral suppression measure for MCOs • Based on HRSA performance measure: • Percentage of patients with an HIV viral load of <200 copes/mL at last HIV viral load test during the measurement year • Target was low: 54.5% • Incentive: $250,000

  42. OPH STD/HIV Program receives quarterly files of all Medicaid enrollees during the previous 12 month period Data are transferred through a secure VPN connection with very limited access Medicaid file includes: name, DOB, SSN, parish, number of months enrolled in Medicaid during the 12 month period, plan name, and an indicator for whether the enrollee had an HIV diagnosis in the measurement year (based on ICD-10 codes) SHP exports a file from the HIV surveillance database (eHARS) that includes: all persons living with HIV during the same 12 month period as the Medicaid file. All possible name, date of birth and SSN combinations, including aliases, are exported Data Sharing/Linking

  43. Results of Medicaid and HIV Match – April 2017-March 2018 All People Enrolled in Medicaid N=1,832,910 Persons with HIV Claim n=10,312 Persons with no HIV Claim n=1,822,598 No Match in OPH Database n=601 (6%) Matched in OPH Database n=9,711 (94%) Persons with Viral Suppression n=6,929 (71%) Persons without Viral Suppression n=2,227 (23%) No Viral Load n=555 (6%)

  44. Results of Medicaid and HIV Match – April 2017-March 2018 All People Enrolled in Medicaid N=1,832,910 Persons with HIV Claim n=10,312 Persons with no HIV Claim n=1,822,598 Matched in OPH Database n=2,973 No Match in OPH Database n=601 (6%) Matched in OPH Database n=9,711 (94%) Persons with Viral Suppression n=6,929 (71%) Persons with Viral Suppression n=1,137 (38%) Persons without Viral Suppression n=2,227 (23%) Persons without Viral Suppression N=293 (10%) No Viral Load n=555 (6%) No Viral Load n=1,543 (52%)

  45. Results of Medicaid and HIV Match – April 2017-March 2018 How can we improve linkage to HIV medical care, retention in care and viral suppression for these Medicaid enrollees? All People Enrolled in Medicaid N=1,832,910 Persons with HIV Claim n=10,312 Persons with no HIV Claim n=1,822,598 Matched in OPH Database n=2,973 No Match in OPH Database n=601 (6%) Matched in OPH Database n=9,711 (94%) Persons with Viral Suppression n=6,929 (71%) Persons with Viral Suppression n=1,137 (38%) Persons without Viral Suppression n=2,227 (23%) Persons without Viral Suppression N=293 (10%) No Viral Load n=555 (6%) No Viral Load n=1,543 (52%)

  46. Data Provided to MCOs Individual-level data are provided back to each MCO for their clients only Data provided by SHP: Was the client virally suppressed (i.e., VL <200 copies/mL) at the most recent test in the last 12 month period? Was the client confirmed to be HIV positive in the SHP HIV Surveillance database? MCOs calculate their own VS rates based on the HRSA measure Medicaid Quality Improvement Team provides technical support

  47. Challenges In the 2018 contract extensions with the MCOs, the viral suppression measure was changed to a monitored measure MCOs must measure and report viral suppression, but there is not a penalty if viral suppression target is not achieved Finding staff with expertise to analyze Medicaid claims data Helpful to partner with a university MCOs have limited data analysis capacity Medicaid has many competing public health priorities in addition to HIV

  48. Monitoring Ryan White ADAP Clients • Monthly matches between ADAP client population and Medicaid enrollment data • Tracked movement of clients from ADAP to Medicaid after July 1, 2016 expansion • Targeted outreach to clients • Batch disenrollment • Ensure payer-of-last-resort requirement met • Match of providers between major Louisiana insurer (BCBS) and Medicaid providers • Identified regions with scarce advanced nursing specialties and Infectious Disease physicians

  49. Monitoring Ryan White ADAP Clients • 3,692 PLWH transitioned from Ryan White ADAP onto Medicaid between July 2016 and January 2017 • SHP followed these clients to monitor viral suppression and engagement in care • Matched to SHP surveillance database to monitor viral suppression • Viral suppression was 81% pre-transition and 83% post-transition

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